Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 3 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 4 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 5 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 6 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 7 | He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus . |
| 8 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 9 | The woman was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday at an isolated station at Mexborough , South Yorks , as she waited for a late train home . |
| 10 | Mitch knelt beside her as she lay for a moment on the ground . |
| 11 | As she looked for a hiding place she could hear the voices increasing in volume . |
| 12 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 13 | As she hesitated for a split-second when her escape was barred by the dancers , Roman caught up with her , grabbed her arm , hauled her to a standstill . |
| 14 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 15 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 16 | The Darling Buds of May star was clearly suited to Blue Peter presenter John Leslie as she arrived for a show on London 's Capital Radio . |
| 17 | Things got off to a bad start anyway when my Reliant Robin was crushed by Pahdra Singh 's Bentley as we jostled for a parking place . |
| 18 | We were in Hartlepool in the March of 1890 when Mr Frobisher , our then actor-manager , told us all as we assembled for a Monday morning rehearsal that he had secured the services of a great singer . |
| 19 | CAMERA-shy ministers avoided photographers yesterday as they gathered for a crucial Cabinet meeting to thrash out the Government 's public spending plans for the coming financial year . |
| 20 | As they longed for a spiritual assurance of Christ 's presence and received it in the Holy Spirit which literally inspired in them knowledge and love of God so the meditator may grow in inner spiritual knowledge ( c.33 , 36 ) . |
| 21 | Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring . |
| 22 | Saunders , playing his final match for Liverpool before his £2.3m move to Aston Villa , clashed with Elliott in the 10th minute as they went for a 50-50 ball . |
| 23 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 24 | Their necks stretched as they tried for a beak hold . |
| 25 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 26 | Thereafter , the party made steady progress during the late 1930s as it campaigned for a policy of collective security against the threat of European fascism almost , it seemed , in the face of the complacency of Neville Chamberlain 's National government . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 29 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 30 | One man was shot four times in the legs as he went for a walk . |